Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 136871, member: 25&quot;]The ashtray is essentially, scrap silver and worth its weight in silver. Lytham St Annes is a well known golf club near Blackpool, this sort of item would be a permanent memento of winning a cup that the winner would only hold for a year unless they won it again. That&#039;s not very clear. You keep the ashtray, or whatever, but return the actual cup, or possibly the cup never leaves the club&#039;s trophy cabinet, but just has a new name added every year.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reference to a Civil War is confusing, since it is a British chalice shaped cup and we have not had a civil war since the 1650s. Stuff made in Britain in the mid 19th C would of course have no relevance to the US civil war. There should be a hallmark on the cup somewhere. I can&#039;t see what it says under the owner&#039;s name.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cup is almost certainly a trophy cup and assuming it is hallmarked, would be worth its weight in silver or a little more.</p><p>From the style I&#039;d expect it to be a bit later than mid 19th C.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in